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IBM AIX server is reporting NFS getattr failed for server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx error 5

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv3
  • IBM AIX server

Issue

  • IBM AIX server is reporting NFS getattr failed for server storageIP error #
Example:
AIX server(syslog):
NFS getattr failed for server STORAGE_IP: error 5 (RPC: 1832-008 Timed out)
NFS getattr failed for server STORAGE_IP: error 3 (RPC: 1832-006 Unable to send)
 
AIX server(nfsstat -m):
/nfsshared from STORAGE_IP:nfsshared
Flags: vers=3,proto=tcp,auth=unix,soft,intr,down,dynamic,link,symlink,rsize=65536,wsize=65536,retrans=5
All:     srtt=0 (0ms), dev=0 (0ms), cur=0 (0ms)
 
  • No errors are reported on the storage side

 

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